Adobe Shockwave Player prior 8.0.196 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Shockwave Player. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0759. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Adobe Shockwave Player (Multimedia Player Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.4.634 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 02/14/2012 by instruder with Code Audit Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0759 since 01/18/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/29/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74918 (openSUSE Security Update : firefox / seamonkey / thunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2013:0149-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165819 (SUSE Security Update for Mozilla (openSUSE-SU-2013:0131-1)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.196 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (74918), SecurityFocus (BID 52006†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34481†). See VDB-60220, VDB-60218, VDB-60217 and VDB-60216 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 74918
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : firefox / seamonkey / thunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2013:0149-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 802399
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Feb 2012 (MAC OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 8.0.196

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02/14/2012 +27 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
11/29/2021 +2443 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: instruder
Organization: Code Audit Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0759 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0759
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60213
SecurityFocus: 52006 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2012-0759 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 34481 - [APSB12-02] Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.4.634 Remote Memory Corruption (CVE-2012-0759), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/29/2021 16:40
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/09/2017 14:47 (12), 11/29/2021 16:40 (2)
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